When Voyager 2 flies by Uranus in January and by Neptune in 1989, it will send back closeup
pictures of their icy moons.
Not exact matches
Two new studies hint at a richer
picture of what's happening on Saturn's extraordinary
icy moon Enceladus.
The seismic echoes
of Jupiter's
icy moons could teach us more about their hidden oceans than any
picture — and help us gauge their potential for life
It's been a busy time for NASA: Just before the first rover landed on Mars (page 10), the Stardust spacecraft achieved a dazzling double score, collecting pieces
of comet Wild 2 (the first sample
of a body beyond the
moon) and sending back
pictures of the comet's 3.1 - mile - wide
icy core.
Scientists achieved a deeper understanding
of the «tiger - stripe» fissures in the
icy crust
of Saturn's
moon Enceladus,
pictured in this composite image
of two photographs courtesy
of Cassini.